Malaysia should take steps to file complaints against Spanish arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa who had ordered the country to pay US$14.9 billion as compensation to eight individuals claiming to be the heirs of the Sulu sultan, and should also lodge a complaint against the Sulu claimants' UK-based lawyer Paul Cohen, Tan Sri Tommy Thomas said today
KUALA LUMPUR, July 27 Malaysia should take steps to file complaints against Spanish arbitrator Gonzalo Stampa who had ordered the country to pay US$14.9 billion as compensation.
MALAYSIA has a strong case to contest the whopping US$14.92 billion final award handed down by arbitrator Dr Gonzalo Stampa to the heirs of Sulu Sultan Mohamet Jamal Al Alam, but it will be a difficult and costly process, according to a former senior arbitrator. Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) director Datuk Professor N Sundra Rajoo says the main grounds of contention include the manner in which Stampa had shifted the arbitration process as well as the exorbitant sum awarded.